The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-15

He had one hand in the pistol
pocket, Believing that Cassidy was about
to rob him, Reyes angrily exclaimed:
II know you, you - - Yankeel
You can't come that game on me! Drop
my harness, you --in
Cassidy dropped the trousers and fed.
Reyes got out Of bed and dressed, abusing
Cassidy all the time. When he left his room
he said he heard Cassidy and Maggie Terrell
laughing III the latter's room. He cursed
them, and they stopped laughing and began
to talk in whispers.
Reyes accounted for himself after he left
the Seaside Pavilion by naming the places
to which he went in search of whisky He
testified that he did not know that Smith
had been murdered until he saw Capt Dixon
at the barracks after being arrested.
RETURN TO THE CITY
Capt. Dixon and the jury concluded their
labors on Tybee at 430 o'clock yesterday
morning The efficiency displayed by both,
and the untiring patience and promptness of
Deputy f. E. Mendel deserve the highest
praise.
After hearing Reyes evidence, the jury
decided to adjourn the inquest to the
city. This was done in order to allow a
post norton examination of Smiths body
TO be made. From ) o'clock until z, the
members of the jury wandered about the
beach, first having partaken of breakfast.
At the latter hour they embarked on the
Pope Catlin for the city, arriving at
o'clock.
THE POST MoRTEM.
At 10 o'clock yesterday Drs. Chisholm
and Num- met at the house where the body
lay and held post mortem. They removed
the crown of the skull exposing the brain
and also opened the chest. They examined
all the bruises and found that what had
been supposed to be a cut in the throat was
a long narrow bruise that looked as If it
had been made by the inner and straight
edge of boot heel. At IL o'clock the
Coroner's jury met in basement room and
DR. Chisholm, who concluded the post
mortem, submitted the following written
statement:
"On the surface of the chest were found
bruises, and Immediately under was found
fracture of the eighth rib. On the right
side of the neck, and extending to above
the angle of the lower jaw, was found a
long narrow bruise like that from violence.
also confused wound on the extreme
edge of the left upper eyelid, and
another below the lower eyelid The
whole inside of the scalp was congested.
The vault of the skull was normal A large
clot was found on the left side of the brain
from a rupture of the left middle menin-
geal artery. A fracture of the zygomatic
process on the left side, running down to
the base of the brain, was found and this
last, in my opinion, was the cause of the
death
DIR. CHIsHoLM's EXAMINATION.
After the statement had been read the
Coroner examined the doctor in order TO
prove certain technical points about which
there was some doubt in the minds of the
jury.
Can you tell how long it would take
body in water TO stiffen or become swollen2'
Not more than ten hours in this
weather.
'lf man was dead when he was thrown
in the water would there be any water in
the chestp
"If any, very little. There might be a
little"
Suppose he was thrown in aliveg'
Respiration would have continued, and
the chest would have filed with water"
How long could a man live after he
received IA wound like that on the left
temple"
Not more than four or five hours. He
must have been knocked into a comatose con-
ditonn
docs not n person who has been drowned
always show froth about the mouthp
Sometimes he does
Which wound do you specify as the one
TINT produced death"
1.-The one on the left temple"
One of the jurors asked the doctor If IL
would nave peen possible for Smith tn have
inflicted the wounds on himself, and Dr.
Chisholm responded that it WIS not
A WITNESS MISSING.
The Coroner then made a statement TO the
jury in which he said that he had tried to
get a witness, named Warwick. Mr.. War
nick was sleeping in a room just above the
piazza of the Pavilion, and he
heard voices just beneath his window. He
knew from the sound Of the voices that two
men were there, and that they walked down
the platform, between the bath houses In
the direction of the beach. He got out of
bed and looked out of the window to see who
they were, but the fog was 50 thick that he
could distinguish no one. Capt Dixon
stated that he had hunted for Mr.. War
nick, but he had been sick for two or three
days and loft this morning for the country,
He made the statement of what he had ex-
pected to prove by the witness, and the Jury
might consider it or not rs they thought
best. He then cautioned them that
the law required them 10 name
in their verdict tho person
whom they believed to be guilty of the crime
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